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Welcome all gifts, great and small, with sincere appreciation and notice how quickly joy builds. Giving - compliments, token gifts, and other gestures of goodwill (e.g., listening) has an equally powerful effect.

This is divine reciprocity - one of the ways goodness grows in the world.

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These are the three words the devil listens for. "Oh, you're bored? I'll liven things up for you!"

Mind numbing boredom tends to lead to impulsive escapist behavior. Perhaps we'll phone that troublesome lover, use mind altering substances, or do something we might really regret, like gamble or break the law for "kicks."

Living on the edge makes a good story. But thrills don't last and the consequences of risky behavior are never fun.

Ask: Am I engaging in life in a meaningful way? Do I need to add healthy stimulation?

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Too much planning ruins the adventure.

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Once in a while, we get a day where everything makes sense, and we remember why we wanted to do this in the first place.

Allow those shiny moments to erase all doubt.

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Someone once told me I have a "strong personality" because I spoke up about a harmful situation. I'm sure this was intended as an insult, but I replied, "Thank you," and smiled.

If we don't speak up, who will?

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Life is like a chisel chipping away at our egos. The faster we surrender our righteous indignation in those, "How dare this happen to me?" moments, the less pain we experience on the road to peace.

Spoiler alert: The only thing that breaks is our need to feel important. We are much happier without it.

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Pop out of the day to day routine. Take a good look around.

Ask: Is this situation still serving my needs?

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Catastrophic thinking focuses on the worst possible outcome and leads us there.

We can interrupt the process by consciously shifting our attention to something positive, including the wisdom gained from a bad experience that will most certainly improve our future.

Today's mindfulness challenge is to pay attention to negative thought patterns, and practice shifting them.

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A. Why not try an ice cream sandwich instead? They aren't as top heavy and easier to carry around on that gorgeous beach. You did notice the beach, right?

Problem solved. Oops.

Q. Oh, but I got fired/divorced/flunked the test!

A. Sounds like there are new opportunities on the horizon. What do you really want? It clearly wasn't that, or it would have worked out differently, right?

Oops!

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"Am I the thoughts or the one who listens to them?"

We can't question thoughts until we identify as the listener. That is the moment our empowerment begins.

Today's mindfulness challenge is to listen for negative self-talk. If you spill coffee and hear a thought like, "I'm so stupid!" Pause and think of a few exceptions.

The truth is, everyone spills coffee once in a while - it doesn't mean anything at all. Awareness gradually shifts our experience in a more positive direction.

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Is there anything more exciting than traveling the world from guru to guru questing for truth? We are heroes, after all. We need something to do!

Ah, but that's just ego feeling important.

True seekers still their minds and tune in to the center, wherever they happen to be. No travel. No trinkets.

Who has the time for that?

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Let go of disappointment when things don't go as planned. The result could be far better than imagined if life's magic has room to work. Stay open.

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Nature is full of leaky pipes and little universes. Those are the niches of creation where life thrives.

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Today's challenge is to simply appreciate the way things are.

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A successful life is not the absence of challenges but how well we rebound from them.

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Only three more days until Solstice!

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